Author's note: this story is set in the UK and uses UK spellings and words. I hope that adds to the flavour. It's my first short story, of any genre let alone erotica, so please be gentle with a literary virgin!
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I was not a happy bunny that January. My boss, Janice, had given me a project that didn't suit my skills and I was struggling. She knew it and hadn't made a move to help. And what's more, the new graduate, David, who'd just joined the department after the New Year, had spotted a stupid mistake I'd made in my calculations and had told the other engineers in the tea room a few days ago. I had an axe to grind.
I'd better tell you a little bit about myself. I'm Mark, a thirty-something Scots radio engineer in a research and development department of a large electronics firm on the M4 corridor, UK. Single, at the moment, and not having much luck in changing that situation (which wasn't helping my mood any, either). I'm at that point in my career where I'm really starting to feel the pressure from the young upstart graduates under me, but I didn't have the confidence to go for a higher position. All in all, I was pretty peeved with life and just primed to do something silly.
As I sat at my desk one morning, I ran out of staples and scrabbled about in the mess that was my desk drawer for some more. I found a card -- a Valentine's card from three years ago, soon after I'd met my last girlfriend. I'd not be getting one this year, I thought. And there wasn't anyone I could sent one to, either. Janice was beautiful, and I fancied the knickers off of her, but as my boss she was off limits. Then an idea dawned. I could send a card, and get at the people who were irritating me at the same time. If I just wrote a fake card from Janice to David, I could put the cat amongst the pigeons -- embarrass David in front of the boss or at least put him on the wrong foot for a while. I had plenty of samples of Janice's writing to copy, after all.
So I set about putting my plan into action. I bought a Valentine's card -- one with a pretty clear sexual invitation printed in it:
Tiger, tiger, burning bright,
Let me share your bed tonight.
Let me give you what you lack:
Red hot passion in the sack!
Janice was always forthright about what she wanted from her staff, so I reckoned this just might be her style of card.
I practised Janice's handwriting until I had it down pat: "David, I've seen you look at me, and I want you too! Love Janice." I added a heart and a dab of perfume from a sample sachet I'd got at the local chemists. I'd seen that same perfume in a bottle on Janice's desk one day, and it would add an extra touch of authenticity. I then sealed the card, and on Valentine's Day I came into work early to sneak it under David's keyboard.
My cubicle is just across the corridor in the open plan office from Janice's, so I was perfectly positioned to see when David approached her desk, looking slightly sheepish, but also rather excited. "Er, Janice..." he began, holding the card loosely.
"You've got a card then!" she butted in, grabbing the card. But when she read it, she blushed furiously. "David, we've got to talk," she said, suddenly serious. "Come to the Cotswold Room -- it'll be empty at this time of day."
I watched them leave the office for the meeting room, David looking rather confused. This was turning out well! I decided to follow. I took my lab notebook with me so that I could linger by the meeting room door without looking too suspicious.
I could just hear them. "David, I didn't write this! Someone's faking my handwriting, and if I find out who, then they're really for it!" Janice said.
"Oh," David replied faintly.
Then Janice once more. "Are you disappointed then? Did you fancy your boss?" Her voice was slightly wheedling, like you might use to tease a child. "You did, didn't you?" Then a pause. "Well I didn't write it, but I might as well have. You are one handsome young man, you know!"
I could imagine David standing there confused. But not for long. "Come here and kiss me, then!" I heard Janice demand. I could then hear a rustle of fabric and the faint noise of lips on lips. Bloody hell! Were they were going to get down to it right there in the meeting room? I hadn't expected this at all.
But no. After a few moments, I heard a slightly breathless Janice say, "Stop! Anyone could walk in. Meet me in the demo suite in half an hour. I've got a couple of calls to make to get out of a meeting, then you can show me what a fit young man you are."
"Janice," David replied, "this isn't ..." but she shushed him with a gentle but firm, "I'm your boss, look, so just do what I say."
I beat a hasty retreat before they could come out and see me. I was getting quite turned on by the situation. Was there any way I could spy on their planned encounter? Yes, there was, I realised. I'd worked on a audio bug design a few years back and I still had the prototype in my secure cabinet, along with a receiver. I walked smartly back and grabbed it, then straight up to the demo room. I had to be quick about this.
I stuck the bug onto the back of the coffee machine in the room with a small bit of blu-tack. No time for a professional installation. Then down to one of the labs. I grabbed the sign that said, "Customer Visit -- Do Not Enter," and hung it on the door handle and pulled down the blinds. I plugged a set of headphones into the receiver, tuned it in and settled down to listen.
I didn't have long to wait. I could hear the door open and then Janice say "OK David, I've booked the room for an hour and put the sign up. No-one will disturb us."
"But Janice, we shouldn't ..." David started to protest.
"Shut up. I want this, and I can see damn well that you do too," she interjected, with a slight laugh. David must have had a hard-on already!
"Undo my blouse," I heard Janice command. "Now!" David must have hesitated. Then a slight pop and rustle, repeated four more times. "Let me just undo the clasp." I could imagine Janice reaching behind her back to release her firm C-cup breasts. I wished I could see them, but I could only hear. I swallowed.
"Shit, Janice, you're beautiful," I heard David exclaim quietly but fervently. Then a sound of gentle sucking. Was David kissing her nipples? I was sure he must be.